Health

EDMONTON — Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top public health doctor to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high maternal and infant mortality rates.

MERRICK, N.Y. (AP) — Starting in the 1980s, New York law enforcement and health officials fielded sexual abuse complaints from the young patients of a respected pediatrician who ran his practice out of a basement office in his home on Long Island.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Coastal Health says there's been a recent spike in mpox, the viral infection also known as monkeypox.

PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can't afford the steep cost of child care , federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline.

A day care facility in a Texas county that's part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated , public health officials say.

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew 11 pieces of guidance last month related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of bird flu , Mexican health authorities said Tuesday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a measles outbreak spreads through other states, Idaho is ending publicly funded vaccinations for people living in the U.S. illegally. A new law recently signed by Republican Gov.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water , and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen.